MSI K8N Platinum

Well, after more research on the soon-to-be-released K8N motherboard, I believe there are enough significant changes to this mobo that it might be worth a try. Big news is the AGP/PCI lock - but if you take a real good look at the photos, you'll notice the location and orientation of the DIMM slots and CPU socket. Memory slots are now horizontal and located at near top of mobo, while processoer is located more centrally. If my eyes aren't playing tricks on me - it looks as though the 12v 4-pin connector is now conveniently located at top of mobo. Another plus is support for up to 3gigs of DDR memory!!
http://www.tbreak.com/forums/showindex.php?p=223564

Oh, Thanks Bas for the request I made
I've been very busy at the AMD, MSI, Anandtech and other sites trying to get as much info as possible on this new mobo! At first I was hesitant about the thought of trying out this K8N - being the 939's will be coming out shortly (technically speaking) - but what the heck....I've got this Socket 754, so why not make it as efficient as possible! Even when the newer processors and mobos come out, I'm not gonna relegate this system to the shelf!
And yes - you are so correct about the 3Gigs, perhaps even AMD is amazed at it's Athlon64's (overachievers that they are). But with previous experience with the nForce chipset (a la Asus A7N8X Deluxe), I would assume this newer MSI board to be a real screamer

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  • Various advice needed to overclock cpu using my MSI k8n platinum sli

    Hey guys, i recently overclocked my amd 64 3500 cpu to 2.4ghz (from 2.2ghz) i was wondering if any could tell me how high i can get this cpu up to using the msi k8n platinum sli mobo.
    At the moment the cpu's temp goes to 40-45 oC.
    If i can overclock the cpu some more, can anyone give me detailed instructions on how to overclock it as i'm computer newbie.
    i'm using the standard amd heatsink and fan so i know that will comprimise the potentail of the cpu's overclocking capability, as i heard that some people managed to get their cpu up to 3.ghz with a high quality fan, so i was just wondering if anyone can tell me how high i can get my cpu frequency with a standard fan as i really don't want to risk damaging the cpu if i go overboard.
    Thnx in advance.
    P.S Does anyone come across any green flashing lights while playing their games when the high performance settings mode is set to optimized in bios settings mode??
    AMD ATHLON 64 3500@ 2.4GHZ
    MSI K8N NFORCE4 SLI PLATINUM MOBO
    1024MB DUAL CHANNEL DDR RAM 333MHZ
    120GB HDD
    2X PNY GEFORCE FX 6600GT PCI-E (SLI MODE)

    what HSF for cpu/ cooling for the case do you use? And also, where are the flashing lights?

  • I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MI MSI K8N PLATINUM

    HI, I'M WIRTING FROM MEXICO, I BROUGHT A MSI K8N PLATINUM, AND I HAVE  A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
    WHEN I FINISH TO CONNECT ALL (MEMORY, ROCESSOR AND VIDEO CARD...), AFTER I CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY AND MY MOBO START INMEDIATLY, I DON'T NEED PRESS THE POWER SWITCH, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAPPEND.
    IF YOU CAN ANSWER ME IN SPANISH THAT WILL BE PERFECT TO ME. THANKS

    La mayoría (si no de todas las) placas base hoy pueden ser started/shutdown vía el teclado si están permitidas vía BIOS.  Usted puede haber topado el teclado que éste habría accionado el sistema para comenzar, así que compruebe su configuración del BIOS.  Fallar eso, comprueba que su placa base no está puesta en cortocircuito en una clavija etc del aislamiento, y vuelve a inspeccionar su conexión de la fuente de alimentación a la placa base.  No sé va Google bien traduce trabajos....... tan aquí.   
    Well I will not rely on Google translate in the future..............
    This is what I typed in
    "Most (if not all) motherboards today can be started/shutdown via the keyboard if enabled via BIOS.  You may have bumped the keyboard this would have triggered the system to start, so check your BIOS configuration. 
    Failing that, check that your motherboard is not shorted on a stand-off peg etc, and recheck your PSU connection to the motherboard.
    I do not know how well Google translate works ....... so here goes."
    and this is the translation back from Spanish to English
    "The majority (if of all) the motherboards today they cannot be started/shutdown via the keyboard if they are allowed via BIOS.  You can have run into the keyboard that this one would have driven the system to begin, so it verifies his configuration of the BIOS.  To fail that, verifies that its motherboard is not put in short circuit in a pin etc of the isolation, and returns to inspect its connection of the power supply to the motherboard.  I do not know goes Google well translates works so here........"
    How to confuse a guy in one easy lesson...............

  • MOVED: Various advice needed to overclock cpu using my MSI k8n platinum sli

    This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
    Various advice needed to overclock cpu using my MSI k8n platinum sli

    what HSF for cpu/ cooling for the case do you use? And also, where are the flashing lights?

  • MSI K8N Platinum SLI bios v.3.3

    I found this: http://www.msi-computer.co.jp/support/bios/index.php?p=K8N%20SLI%20Platinum
    Have anyone tried?

    Quote from: syar2003 on 19-May-05, 01:34:23
    Venice and san diego cores has no fixed vcore based on their opn numbers as earlier models.
    It's variable (new feature) and this is probably causing motherboard vendors some headakes where it
    comes to vcore modification and over volting in bios implemetation .
    Ref: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-venice_3.html
    That appears to be the case...based on this response I got from MSI today!  Looks like a fully compatable BIOS for Venice and San Diego will not arrive until June..... 
    -M
    Dear Customer,
    Since the mb has not been certified to support the Venice and San Diego Core processors, please wait until beginning of June, 2005 for the release bios support for the mb.
    Sincerely,
    Technical Support Division
    MSI Computer Corp.
    http://www.msicomputer.com
    MSI Platinum Series Motherboards -- In Pursuit of Quality Perfection.
    1-626-913-0828
    1-626-581-7721 Fax
    From: M
    Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 8:02 PM
    To: User Support
    Subject: RE: 3 -- Customer Problem Description Form
    Importance: High
    Hello,
    I tried this BIOS and it only allowed a max of 1.4V on CPU VID which read as 1.31V in the hardware monitor…when I added the 9.9%.... the highest it would show is 1.47V No better than before….
    M
    From: MSI Technical Support Team USA [mailto:[email protected]]
    Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:37 PM
    To: M
    Subject: RE: 3 -- Customer Problem Description Form
    Dear Customer,
    Please kindly try with the attached beta (3.37) bios for the mb.
    Sincerely,
    Technical Support Division
    MSI Computer Corp.
    http://www.msicomputer.com

  • MSI K8N Platinum (SLI/non-SLI) under Linux

    Hi,
    I am planning to buy/build a new system soon. I am quite sure I will take a MSI board and it will probably be one of the Platinum boards.
    I will mainly be using Linux on it, so I would like to hear from Linux useres around here how well the different features on the boards work and what kind of problems they had.
    Thanks for your input
    Christian

    Quote from: wolf_2k5 on 28-May-05, 01:26:55
    Hey guys i need someone to help me out with a few problems i'm having with my motherboard.
    Everytime when i set the high performance mode to "optimized" In bios settings,  i get these weird colors when i play my games, most of the time i get these green flashing lights all over the screen, sometimes the colors change to purple.
    I know its something to do with the motherboard because everytime when it is set to optimized the problem happens, so the only way i can fix this problem is by setting the high performance mode back to manual.
    I contacted Msi, but like always they were useless, so i decided to download the latest BIOS drivers, but it didn't fix the problem.
    Sounds to me like a problem with the video cards. this usually happens when you OC too much the video card, or there is not enough cooling, mainly on the graphic memory. check your video card temperatures, and maybe you can add some extra cooling in that area of your case.

  • MSI K8N Platinum Neo 2 won't boot

    I just bought a K8N Neo 2 Plat to replace my K8T Neo FSR....
    Also bougt a 3200+ Athlon 64 90mm to replace my old 3200+.
    My specs are in my sig...
    I hooked up everything and powered on.... The fans on CPU/System run for a second or two, then they just stop. No beep, no post nothing.
    I removed the ram, removed the vid card, removed all IDE cables... just power to mobo including 12V and the POWER swtich.... click power.. fans start... then stop. Nothng else.

    Well, I guess my reservations were off...
    Bought an Enermax 425Watt PSU, with 2 12V rails with 15 and 14 A respectively...
    System booted up...  
    So, my apologies to whomsoever I was questioning.
    Now my question is, how do I go about setting my DDR clock.. it says at POST, 128 bit memory at 133Mhz...
    I have a Geil Golden Dragn DDR 400 (2-3-3-6)
    and a Kingston HyperX DDR 500 (3-4-4-8)

  • MSI K8N Platinum Sound Question

    I'm running the system as described below with the Audigy2 ZS card in it.  My Antec case has front audio jacks.  I have the cable from the front audio jacks plugged into the motherboard.  Can I enable the onboard audio and use it just for the frontjacks for headphones or will it create a conflict with the Audigy2 card?  I haven't looked yet to see if the Audigy2 card comes with a plug on the board for using front jacks or not.  Would like to get front jacks working without having to plug headphones into rear Audigy2 card jacks.

    I looked for a solution for this too when i got my audigy2. I must say that its lame of Creative not to include such a common thing as a front audio port jack on their soundcards.
    As it is now i have my Headphones and mic connected at the back. It sucks though that i have to replace the headphone connector with the one for my speakers if i wanna listen thru them.
    There is one solution you could look for. There are some aftermarket front port brackets you can buy that go in a floppy port. I have seen one of them with normal speaker connectors that go thru the case and into the back, giving you a working front panel.

  • MSI K8N Platinum AGP help!

    I installed my new motherboard over the weekend and found out that my ATI AIW 9800Pro card is stuck in 0x mode instead of using 8x.  I went into the bios and made sure that the setting is 4x/8x.  I'm also using the latest Cat's (4.6)
    Is there anyway that I can force the board to recognize this as a 8x video card?
    Oh yea....on my other boards, I had no problems with this.

    Quote
    Originally posted by Wonkanoby
    have you installed the motherboard nforce drivers before the vga driver  nVidia Drivers
    Hmm...I don't remember.  Does it make a difference what order I install the drivers?

  • MSI k8n NEO NF3 250 Platinum Problem

    Wacked all my gear in there.. bare minimum, Msi K8N Platinum NF3 250gb, amd 64 newcastle, matrox parhelia 128 retail, samsung spinpoint 160 ata133 and 1.5gb 2700 ddr and it wont boot, i get as far as the old windows "safe mode, safe with promps... windows normally screen" then wen i hit it it goes back to the platinum splash screen, wen i go to boot in safe it stops dead at trying to load viaagp1.sys..
    any suggestions.. and im not going to do anything like reformat as i need some of the stuff on teh hdd.. any help would be great
    i do alologise if this is in the wrong section. 

    A full format is your best option.... A repair MIGHT do the job, but I wouldn't count on it's stability / performance afterwards.
    If you really need your old data, "resurrect" your old rig outside it's case & back up your stuff - then do the Big Wipe!

  • Problem with K8N Platinum Plus

    Greetings all,
    I am an veteran builder and am having a strange behavior that I need some help with.  Here is some background on parts:
    MSI K8N Platinum Plus
    2 x 1GB OCZ PC-3200 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K)
    600W OCZ supply
    X2 4400+
    (2) eVGA 7900GT's
    (I can give more specs if necessary)
    Problem:
    The board posts and I can interate just fine up until the OS boots...  I just partition copied my previous Windows XP SP2 installation from my old HDD to the new one.  I knew that XP would rescan hardware and I had a 50/50 chance of not having to reinstall.  Each time I boot the box and let XP load it gets to the "starting up" and does nothing... goes no where, yet the keyboard is not locked up (CAPS lock turns on and off still).  I left it running for about an hour, just hoping... nope.  Ok, so fresh install, whatever... XP disc starts up and just as it goes to flip over to start the installer the monitor goes black!  Nothing, CDROM spins down and nothing EVER happens.  I tried flashing the beta (NOT what I would normally do) bios, but nothing changed.  I tried other memory, no change.  I pulled one of my video cards (no more SLI), no change... pulled the sound card, no change... Wierdest thing is that is both cases (booting old XP and trying to install new) the machine is not locked up.
    Ideas?

    Quote from: Richard on 18-April-06, 04:34:25
    Jason,
    There are people that do not like multiple RAILs on PSUs for supplying high power systems. Personally I think that a high end Power Supply with multiple RAILs will work but the lower end PSUs with multiple RAILs will not supply the needed juice.
    Multiple RAIL PSUs are a new technology and with all new technologies there are going to be teething problems. It is to be expected.
    I was trying to figure out why your old comp stopped working too.
    On the new comp, lets try Bare Bones for the install of your OS. I would like CPU with heatsink/fan, 1 Vid Card, 1 stick of RAM at 3.4.4.8 Timing with the Voltage bumped up one notch, 1 HD and if you are using RAID 0 - then 1 Array, 1 Optical Drive, no PCI Cards, Keyboard/Mouse/Monitor. Lets see how far you get though a fresh install.
    Take Care,
    Richard
    I will try this tonight... last night I tried something VERY close to what you are suggesting, the only difference is that I am not sure that I used 3.4.4.8 on timings... I just used whatever the default timings on the DIMMs are, which should be 2.3.2.5.  I only have one HDD, 1 Video card, DVDRW, floppy, CPU, memory (1 green, 1 purple -- is this right?) and that did not work either with DVI connect or using VGA through DVI adapter.  I did see that someone else was having some Video cracking using a DVI connector... wondering if mine is somehow related to that problem... although, I get NO video (past POST) and he does.
    As far as the multi-rail thing... well, if the PSU is on the "A" list of DFI's and nVidia gives it a "SLi certified" then I would think that it would be just fine.  Is my power supply fine or not?

  • Major problems with 64-bit on the K8N Platinum with CD-ROMs

    Ok i'm convinced at this point that the MSI K8N Platinum has some real problems with XP period not just SP2....with CD-ROM's or the IDE channel.
    I have FDISK my PC like 3 times now.  And re-installed XP several times....
    I originally used the MSI NForce drivers but I would subsequently install the NVIDIA unified drivers version 5.10 on my PC.  Now as soon as I did this the CD-ROM's are dead.  So I un-installed the NForce 2.5 ATA /IDE drives and then installed the Microsoft IDE channel drives.  no more blue screens but...the CDRW does not work and I can't load half my CD-ROMS without a corruption failure occuring during installation.
    Any ideas?  I'm ready to get a new MOBO....and not not talking MSI or NVIDIA at this point.
    Eric

    I have had the same sort of problems as you.Slow boot up at start up and one of my cd drives not being recognized by windows(It always would show up in the bios).
    One thing that I tried that reduces this problem from 1 out of 2 boot ups to maybe 1 in 10 boots was to not allow the bios to decide which dma mode the drive opperated in.
    Get into your device manager screen and find your ide ata/atapi controllers
    open it up and right click the parallel ATA controller.Select properties and tab through primary channel and secondary channels.
    uncheck"Let BIOS select transfer mode" for all your drives or just the drives giving you problems.
    Hope this helps

  • K8n Platinum Edition Help Please

    Hallo,
    I just got the msi k8n platinum edition ,
    amd 64 3400
    512 infineon ddr 400
    geforce 6800 gt
    2 160 maxtor ide
    ernermax 460 watt
    I clean install win xp and loaded all the drivers, the mobo works ok but I have 2 problems :
    1) how works the firewall ???
    I have dsl and when I turn on the firewall I cannot go online at all,what is to do then ?
    2) When I boot and comes the win xp logo the screen stays for about 20 second than it loads the windows xp and the pc works fine , done many tests and no problems , any idea where is this problem ?
    I hope someone can help me here , and sorry for my bad english
    ciao
    webboy71

    i had a similiar problem with my system at the boot screen but i also got a BSOD most of the time i couldnt read it but sometimes i could and it would be the MACHINE_EXCEPTION error well after many attempts at trying to figure this out a user here suggested i disconnect 1 of the CD drives and sure enough that was it i had them hooked up the same way as you only i was on the primary channel
    dont know how to explain how your machine ran fine till this tho

  • MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI sound needs -5V; newest Antec 550W has no -5V rail

    I came within a whisker of ordering a non-returnable  3700 Venice, MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI mobo and an upgraded Power Supply, Antec's newest 550W PS the TP2-550 EPS12V ($117).  This has dual 2x24pin 12V 19A rails and is touted as the new V2.0 EPS12V/ATX12v compatible power supply for high performance SLI systems.  By accident I came across a page at MSI for this mobo
    http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mai...ail.php?UID=641
    At the end is this warning:  MSI Reminds You...
    • For this model, you must use a Power Supply which has a -5V pin supply. Also, the users manual which I downloaded on Pg 2-10 says the same thing
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    http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=22551 (click specifications)
    Isn't this a major showstopper which is going to cause a lot of grief for those of us upgrading to SLI systems using this mobo and upgrading our PS to the newest & best power design?  We won't know the PS won't work until we build the system.
    Regards, Ron
    Antec reply to me:
    >>>>Thanks for the link. Since MSI's website does state the motherboard needs the -5v, the True550EPS12V will not work with this motherboard. The Standard (http://enhanceusa.com/documents/atx12v_v2.01.pdf) has removed the use for the -5v rail and it is no longer needed. MSI has not manufactured that motherboard to the Standard. Finding an ATX12V v2.0 power supply with the -5v might be hard to find. You should contact MSI for a compatibility list of power supplys that were tested to work with the K8N SLI Platinum.

    Quote from: ccve3 on 21-May-05, 07:27:40
    Wow!!  syar2003 thanks for that post.  I've spend an hour going through it &  fasteddies links.  Now I are a power expert.  The dual rail argument is enough for me to go back to the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI with one of the single rail PS -5V units listed by fasteddie. The only question left now refers to computerpro3  recommendation on ultra power supplies for SLI 
    >>I quite simply wouldn't dream of putting anything else in my machine. Keep in mind, this section is for 2x 6800 models, not the 6600's which most any good psu will handle (like Antec Neopower, ocz 520, etc). . Pc Power and Cooling 510 Deluxe SLI edition (refer to list)
    2. Zippy/Emacs 550-700w models
    3. OCZ 600w (personally I would get the pcp&c for the price, but it's been proven here, so I'll be fair...). 
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    Thanks again for the teriffic help
    Regards, Ron
    Wondering what you settled on.  I got the Antec TP550 and it's flawless on the board.  I even have the older 20pin model which works perfectly (including sound).  If you really wanted what I would consider to be a top dog (pcpower and cooling), and find the -5v rail missing, all you have to do is place a phone order and request they add a -5v rail.  It's a minimal cost and a total solution for having everything.  Just my $0.02

  • MSI Neo2 K8N Platinum - Freezing Issue during games

    First off greetings to everyone on these forums...
    I purchased the MSI Neo2 K8N Platinum motherboard from NewEgg back at the end of March to compliment the AMD 64 "Winchester" processor that I also purchased at that time to replace a slightly older AMD XP "Barton" system that was using the Abit NF7-S motherboard. For the past month I have been fighting an unusual and highly irritating issue that I have noticed during game play and have tried everything that I know of and more in an attempt to remedy this issue, but to no avail. This is the general background of the situation and now I will descibe in greater detail as to what this issue I am referring to is and the symptoms of this issue and some of the various methods used to remedy this issue.
    The issue is that while play a game the system experiences a short 5-10 second freeze during the game randomly, but usually several times an hour. During this freezing the sound would loop and as suddenly as the freeze occurs it would cease and the game would continue on as if nothing happened. However, sometimes this would result in the system freezing outright after this short 5-10 second freeze... but it does not feel like a total system freeze, but rather a video freeze as the sound continues and I still have keyboard control... but this does require me to force a manual reboot of the machine itself. I have scowered the internet and various forums in an attempt to find what the issue was and use various methods to remedy this issue, but so far nothing has worked in my favor... but it does seem like this issue has been plaguing other users with the MSI Neo2 Platinum motherboard. Below are some of the methods that I have used in an attempt to solve this issue:
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    *Increased voltages to CPU VID, AGP, and Memory
    *Disabled/Enabled AGP Fast Writes
    *Increased AGP Aperture from 64MB to 512MB
    *Enabled/Disabled ATI/nVidia Speedup option in BIOS
    *Forced AGP clock lock to 66-67mhz
    *Relaxed/Aggressive memory timings
    *APIC enabled/disabled
    *Gate A20 turbo/normal
    *Disabled all unneeded onboard components (Realtek NIC, Sound, SATA)
    *Disabled nVidia MAC and attempted to use 3Com Gigabit PCI card instead
    *Swapped HDD Cables
    *Tried PCI Sound Card (SB Audigy2 ZS Gamer) in PCI Slots 3/4
    *Tried video drivers from 71.89 Official to 76.45 beta modified drivers
    *Tried 5.10 official nForce drivers to remixed 7.02 nForce drivers (5.10 drivers uses 4.36 GART, higher drivers uses the 4.40 GART)
    *Applied all the latest updates from Windows Update Website
    *Reinstalled Operating System (Windows XP SP2) 5 different times clean with various settings (APIC on/off, etc...) and different drivers.
    *Installed Audio Card (SB Audigy2 ZS Gamer) with older and the latest drivers available from Creative's website
    *Replaced PSU (Previously was a Thermaltake 420watt PSU, 18A +12v) with a OCZ Modstream 520watt PSU (28A +12v)
    *Video card is KNOWN working from previous build (AMD XP 3000, Abit NF7-S)
    *Hard Drive is KNOWN working from previous build
    *CD/DVD-ROM drive is kNOWN working from previous build
    *Heat is not an issue... all components temperature is well below rated level, the only unknown is the chipset temperature (it has a active heatsink and seems to not be hot to the touch, applied AS5 to it anyway)
    *Used latency tweak to the video card
    *Used Rivatuner to force constant performance level
    *Tweaked BIOS to force even clock rates and forced 1.4v to the GPU Core
    *Used original GPU BIOS
    *Used MSI Neo2 K8N Bios 1.4 - 1.8 and modified BIOS 1.8
    *No background applications are running (not even antivirus)
    *Used application to force maximum refresh rates for my monitor
    *Memory passed MemTest86+ for over 24 hours
    *System passed Prime95 and SuperPi for over 24 hours
    *System seems stable in all non gaming related applications
    *Checked through various troubleshooting procedures
    *Disabled SBDRVDET.EXE using MSCONFIG
    *There are no IRQ conflicts outside of PCI system management sharing IRQ11 with the NIC and USB... in APIC there are no IRQ conflicts what so ever. Regardless neither method worked
    *Installed AMD 64 drivers from AMD
    *Disabled DEP in boot.ini
    *...and many other various tweaks and modifications.
    System Specifications
    CPU - AMD 64 3200+ "Winchester", using Thermaltake Silentboost K8 and AS5
    Motherboard - MSI Neo2 K8N Platinum (nForce3 250GB Ultra) - Using Bios version 1.8
    Memory - 2X 512MB Corsair XMS TwinX1024-3200C2PT (2 Modules, Memory Slots 1 and 2 used)
    Audio - Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS (PCI Slot 3 used)
    NIC - Onboard nVidia MAC, Disabled Realtek NIC
    Video - XFX Geforce 6800NU 128MB AGP (BIOS Rev 1) - NV Silencer 5 and AS5
    Case - Thermaltake Damier Series 5000
    PSU - OCZ Modstream 520watt (28A +12v rail)
    HDD - Western Digital 1200JB 7200rpm IDE
    DVD-ROM - Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM
    Floppy - Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.25"
    OS - Windows XP SP2/DirectX 9c
    I have been fighting this issue for well over a month now and I am frankly nearly out of ideas, this does not necessarly prevent me from playing games, but this does interfere with the games I do play (especially online games). I do demand absolute stability from the games that I play and this issue only began AFTER I upgraded to the new motherboard, processor, and memory. The only thing I have not tried is something that I do not have access in attempting on this motherboard, and that is increasing the voltage to the chipset.
    Here is my theory on what is going on is that I believe is there is a fault with the chipset on this motherboard and this is manifesting itself while I am playing various games on this system. Of course I would like to try increasing the voltage to the chipset as that would increase stability, but there is no option in BIOS to increase the chipset voltage like the previous motherboard I had (Abit NF7-S). It is possible that either a) the chipset is at fault and is causing me this issue or b) the chipset is not recieving enough voltage.
    My question to the rest of you is this, what do you think the problem is and what ideas do you have that I may try that I have not tried yet. Additionally if there is nothing else that I may try should I attempt to RMA this motherboard and will that help, and is there any other versions of this motherboard that I should be aware of. I would appreciate any response from a MSI representative and any comments from those that may have positive suggestions for my issue. Thank you in advance for your time and any help that you may be able to render.
    The GameMaster...
    *EDIT* Added additional methods attempted... (there was a lot... so I did not remember everything that I have tried)

    Quote from: dacull on 25-May-05, 16:06:33
    Does it only happen in online games, or can it happen in all games? One thing to make sure of is to turn off CRC checksum offload in your NVidia MAC properties (everyone do this, it is incorrectly calculating checksums which leads to servers ignoring your packets). However as you have tried a different network card you can discount this theory.
    For me it looks like the biggest culrpit is your 6800NU, i have read alot of bad things about the NU and you have a low bios revision there, just because it worked well against your old chipset doesnt mean it will work well against your current chipset. Sounds like a BIOS fix is needed as some timing is out somewhere.
    Ensure Spread Spectrum is off (and as you have already pointed out Fast writes, ATI NV Speedup) and your card is running at default clock.
    As a test beg/borrow/steal another graphics card (preferably nvidia) and see how it goes so you can narrow in on your video card.
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    There are two other things I could try is use my old Geforce4ti 4200 and see what happens... or even try out WindowsXP 64-bit edition as someone earlier suggested. I wish I could find a new BIOS for my XFX 6800NU, but there there is only the revision 1 BIOS that I was able to find. The mystery continues...
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